Two Royal Blue Grocery stores are heading to downtown Dallas

After a long wait, food to buy and take home and cook is more doable for downtown residents and office workers.

Royal Blue Grocery and a new restaurant from NL Group will be part of the renovations underway at the Trammell Crow Center at 2001 Ross Ave. And, Royal Blue is also opening this spring in the Mercantile Building on the corner of Main and Ervay streets.

The Austin urban grocery concept known for convenience and prepared foods will take up 3,300 square feet for its store and another 2,000 square feet for its kitchen that will supply both stores and possibly others, said Zac Porter owner of Royal Blue in Dallas.

On the other side of the Trammell Crow Center's entrance will be a new restaurant.

A 3,100-square-foot eatery is still being conceptualized by Dallas restaurant Tim McEneny who said it will be similar to his Front Room Tavern in the Hotel Lumen, which is also downtown.

Stream Realty Partners and J.P. Morgan Asset Management are redeveloping the 1.2 million-square-foot office tower and a 2.66 acre site located directly to the south of the building.

The whole project will add to the Arts District and Klyde Warren Park area, Porter said. He opened the first Royal Blue Grocery in the market in 2015 in Highland Park Village. The Trammell Crow location's outdoor patio will overlook the Dallas Museum of Art, said Porter, who has said he's considering a second grocery downtown.